Lazy Sunday morning
And you know what makes a lazy Sunday morning even better? When you know that you have Monday off as well. Three day weekends are awesome, I love the 10/4 work week. You get a day to crash, a day to have fun and be lazy, and then a day to be productive during business hours.
Michaela and I are at the internet cafe in town, both talking to our respective boyfriends – me on email, and her on Skype chatting away animatedly in Italian. We’re getting another Italian intern next week, she says, and promises to cook for us.
Also, most amazing idea – I almost hugged her when she said this – they do a drink in Torino where they spread Nutella on the inside of a small coffee cup, and then add some coffee and a bit of steamed milk. Genius. I will be trying that soon.
I drove all the way up to Livingston for groceries on Thursday (100 mile round trip) that was instigated by me running out of Greek yogurt. When I get to the store, do they have it? No. Thankfully Maeve (the other library intern) found some yesterday. At least I like driving.
Also, it is cedar season here. I did not get to escape that particular allergy this year, pollen be damned. I’ll probably head to the Mammoth clinic soon and see if they can give me a steroid shot or something – Claritin is just not doing it.
In other news, elk still like to run out in front of my car. I swear, they hear the car, look up fromeating, and think, “Yes, yes … that would be the best idea ever to run out in front of that thing … yes …” The antelope do it, too. I saw a rattlesnake by the road a couple days ago, and was very happy to be inside a car when that happened.
To anyone who anticipates visiting a national park in the future, they are not petting zoos. I thought this was self-explanatory, but apparently people have a hard time grasping this concept. We have taken to calling stupid tourists “tourons” as a hybrid of “tourist” and “moron” because of the stupid things we see on a regular basis. Parents trying to put their kids on top of bison, or encouraging their kids to pet the elk. Not a good idea. Maeve saw a kid get kicked the other day because the parents thought petting one would be a banner idea. I’ve also seen people litter here. IN THE NATIONAL PARK. It makes my head hurt, people.
Anyways, moral of story: being on vacation is no excuse for being stupid. Being lazy, silly, or any combination thereof? Yes. But stupid? No.
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